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> 2. I can get an MRI in the USA within 3-5 days (sometimes next day), virtually anywhere in the country. Not if you don't have insurance, like a few million A
by guitarbill 9y ago
> 2. I can get an MRI in the USA within 3-5 days (sometimes next day), virtually anywhere in the country.
Not if you don't have insurance, like a few million Americans. But fuck those guys, right? At least my MRI is fast!
- lainga 9y agoYou have a few percent of the overall American population waiting vs. 41% of Ontario.
- guitarbill 9y agoNo, 41% of patients of Ontario who needed an MRI, which is a small subset of the population. Meanwhile in 2016 you had 28 million Americans under 65, that's 10.4% uninsured [0]. I'm sure 10% less people would cut the waiting lines in Ontario a bit. So yeah, fuck those 28 million, they're not rich, let them suffer if they get ill! [0] https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/health-insurance.htm https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/health-insurance.htm
- patrickg_zill 9y ago(this is 2009 timeframe) When I had an abdominal CT scan in the USA, I paid cash for it. $262 on my VISA card, paid at time of service. If I'd had insurance with 90% paid, I would have ended up paying about 10% of $2K, because that is the "retail" price and a typical policy at that time covered 80-90% of the "costs". Plus I would have had to pay into the insurance scam for several months to have had coverage. I'm not really sure that you know what you are talking about...